“Prominent among the many aspects of the Eucharist is that of ‘memorial’…this is not the mere commemoration of a past that is no more, but a zikkarôn, that is, a ‘memorial’. It ‘is not merely the recollection of past events, but the proclamation of the mighty works wrought by God for men. In the liturgical celebration of these events, they become in a certain way present and real’ (CCC, n. 1363).”
